Strategist, kelly hyman. First, the latest headlines. The un Security Council has been meeting to discuss the crisis in the Middle East after four days of intensive israeli attacks on hezbollah. The un Human Rights chief Volker Turk said he was appalled by the indiscriminate targeting of thousands of people in lebanon through the explosion of communication devices, saying it violated international law. Its emerged that the prime Minister Sir Keir starmer, deputy prime Minister Angela Rayner and Chancellor Rachel reeves will not accept any further donations for clothing according to a Downing Street source. The Prime Minster has been embroiled in a row after it emerged he had repeatedly accepted gifts including sunglasses, tailoring and personal shopping for him and his wife. Lawyers representing some of the 37 women whove accused Mohamed Al fayed of rape and Sexual Assault say the former Harrods Owner was a monster whose behaviour was enabled by the department store. It comes after a Bbc Investigation heard testimony from more than 20 women who said they were sexually assaulted by the billionaire, who died last year. The current owners harrods say theyre appalled by the allegations, and have a Settlement Process in place for alleged victims. And early voting has begun in three us states for Novembers President ial election. Voters in virginia, minnesota and South Dakota are casting their ballots in Polling Stations across the states. Dozens more states will follow next month. It comes as georgia announced all votes there would be counted by hand instead of machine following doubts among some republicans about the authenticity of the result there in 2020. We start in lebanon the israeli military says its killed a number of top Hezbollah Commnders in an airstrike. The strike hit a high Rise Block of flats in the capital beirut. The lebanese Health Ministry says 66 people were injured and 14 were killed. Israel says it killed around 10 hezbollah commanders the most senior among them, ibrahim aqil. The United States had labelled him a global terrorist , putting a multi million Dollar Bounty on his head because of his links to the bombing of Us Marines in lebanon in 1983. The strike continues whats been a tense period in the region, with intensifying Cross Border clashes between israel and hezbollah. The israeli military said more than A Hundred rockets had been fired into northern israel. Hezbollah said it had hit an israeli Intelligence Base it blames for what it called assassinations. Our middle East Correspondent Hugo bachega is following developments from beirut. This latest israeli air which killed a senior is has blah commander. Has blah were commander. Has blah were commander. Hezbollah commander. Israeli officials have vowed to degrade hezbollah. This is a group that is under a lot of pressure. Hezbollah wants to be seen as a significant and powerful enemy of israel. But it has suffered significant setbacks in recent days. How is it going to respond . It doesnt have a lot of options without sparking a major war with israel. It has given indications that it doesnt want one and its supporters in iran dont see a reason for a big confrontation either. For more on this i am joined by former us ambassador to lebanon, david hale. This latest attack is another humiliation is a rather in a rather humiliating week for hezbollah. How weakened are they . I hezbollah. How weakened are the . ~ , hezbollah. How weakened are the . ~ 3. They . I think its a devastating they . I think its a devastating blow. They . I think its a l devastating blow to they . I think its a devastating blow to their reputation. It raises a lot of questions among the lebanese as to why it is that their country is on the cross hairs of israel because of hezbollah war related To Gaza which has no direct connection to lebanon. 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The broadcaster says robinson called Himself A Black Nazi and expressed support for reinstating slavery along with other lewd Comments in posts dating back to 2008. Cnn says it was able to verify the posts using biographical data correlating to current Social Media accounts used by mr robinson. This was his Response Yesterday those are not the words of mark robinson. You know my words, you know my character and you know ive been completely transparent in this race and before. Donald trump has previously praised mark robinson, comparing him to Martin Luther King jr, at this rally in march. I think youre better than martin i think youre better than Martin Luther King, i think your Martin Luther King, i think your Martin Luther King times two~ it comes as the latest polling shows a Tightening Contest in North Carolina a state which hasnt been won by a democrat in a president ial race since Barrack Obama in 2008. We can speak now to Kyle Ingram who is a Politics Reporter give us a little bit of an idea of What Cnn are saying about this. ~. ~ of What Cnn are saying about this. ~. of What Cnn are saying about this. ~. this. Mark robinson has a history of this. Mark robinson has a history of somewhat this. Mark robinson has a history of somewhat outrageous Comments, but this was really the biggest we have ever seen. This is the most attention he has ever had. In those online forums he was referring to himself as a black North Sea and he referred to slavery he made a variety of sexually graphic Comments. Made a variety of sexually graphic Comments. How have eole graphic Comments. How have people been graphic Comments. How have people been reacting . Graphic Comments. How have people been reacting . Whenl graphic Comments. How have people been reacting . When this sto first people been reacting . When this story first came people been reacting . When this story first came out people been reacting . 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